A Deadly Clue
A Hunter and Clewe Mystery
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected Jan 13, 2026
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Hunter and Clewe are back in the third Hunter and Clewe mystery, from acclaimed author Victoria Gilbert, when a closed case is reopened after another member of a prominent family is murdered.
Cameron Clewe and Jane Hunter, lovers of all things bookish, are slowly cataloging Cam’s private collection of first edition books acquired from the deceased patriarch of the wealthy Stewart family. When Jane finds a note from Kimberly Stewart Ward, one of the daughters of the Stewart patriarch—who supposedly committed suicide—she discovers someone was actually targeting her with the intention of killing her.
Jane and Cam decide to look into the supposedly closed case, but their investigation becomes urgent when another member of the Stewart family is found dead from a drug overdose. The victim’s friends claim he’d been clean and sober for years and refuse to accept the cause of death.
Believing both cases to be connected, Jane and Cam are determined to solve them before any other direct heirs of the family are targeted.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Gilbert follows up A Killer Clue with a lively third adventure for 62-year-old personal librarian Jane Hunter, who works for the wealthy and reclusive Cameron Clewe at his sprawling estate near Winston-Salem, N.C. The action kicks off when Jane retrieves a box of books Cam purchased at the estate sale of the prominent Stewart family. Among the rare, pristine editions, she finds a well-thumbed copy of Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel, which contains an ominous note tucked between its pages: "If you receive this, alert the authorities." The note appears to be from Kimberly Stewart Ward, whose death was ruled a suicide, leading Jane and Cam to do some digging. When someone else connected to the family dies in the present, Jane and Cam become targets in the Stewarts' bid to maintain their fortune, power, and political clout. Meanwhile, Cam continues his quest to find his biological father. Gilbert's leads remain winningly eccentric and winning, and a subplot about Cam's assistant who pines for him in secret infuses the action with a welcome dash of romance. It's an entertaining romp.
